Tragedy Quotes
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.
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I ask the question all the time of people that are on the anti-gun side. And I say, OK, if you're in a situation like the tragedy and the murderous rage in San Bernardino and you're in a room like that, would you want somebody that knew how to use a firearm and had one with them, or if somebody breaks into your house, what are you going to do if they are armed and you are not? And there's not a good answer. There's no good answer except you're a sitting duck for the most part if you're not armed.
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The tragedy, ... is that this woman needs something, and has expectations, that cannot be fully realized. And to keep herself in such an unforgiving environment, she goes back and forth between being really strong, and stupid about what her priorities are.
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How do you get the protagonists and antagonists together, in the same space, without somebody having to die? So, we ended up having to tell two distinct stories, which is never the ultimate way to create a great serialized drama. So then, of course, we had the tragedy with Andy Whitfield, which made everything very difficult and pushed back.
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When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.
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The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.
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The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.
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Why do we wait for tragedy to strike to tell someone how special they are, or how special they were?
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We only truly discover who we really are in the face of tragedy and adversity, that being broken does not simply changes us, but reveals us!
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy.
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The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we begin it so late.
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Class certainly loomed large in Katrina's aftermath. Blacks of means escaped the tragedy; blacks without them suffered and died. In reality, it is how race and class interact that made the situation for the poor so horrible on the Gulf Coast. The rigid caste system that punishes poor blacks and other minorities also targets poor whites.
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Something of defeat, something of tragedy, can be a sacrament because it stops us and causes us to look deeper.
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I don't want to be constantly associated with tragedy. I think I'd like to be associated with the idea of 'hope'.
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It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all these talented people trying to get excited about stuff they themselves would only view at gunpoint.
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It appears that when life is broken by tragedy God shines through the breach.
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Just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me. Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
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The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable from person to person.
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Tragedies come in the hungry hours.
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Only in drama does it end with the tragedy; in life it grinds on. Moanday, tearsday, happy days, right through to Shatterdays. And Again.
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But it's a stigmatized problem, and it's a silent problem. This has to end. Suicide is not just a personal tragedy, it's a key issue of public policy and facing up to it requires political will.
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The Holocaust is not only a tragedy of the Jewish people, it is a failure of humanity as a whole.
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Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.
